Michiel Kotting

Partner at Northzone

📍 The Randstad, Netherlands, Netherlands🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2018
VC🌍 Netherlands
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Board Member
Jan 2018
Kahoot! transforms presentations and training with engagement. With Kahoot!, you can create and host games in a live session, or assign self-paced games for remote training. It is used by executives, HR, L&D professionals, sales teams, and more for training, compliance, presentations and events, to connect and engage the audience. As well as energizing and exciting an audience, Kahoot! is a powerful formative assessment tool which helps trainers achieve better learning outcomes. The data presented during the game, and reports made available after the game, help provide targeted instruction. The magic of Kahoot! is how it makes players learn without even realizing it! High engagement quizzes increase knowledge retention and provide a better return on training investment. Kahoot! is trusted by 97% of Fortune 500 companies in making their presentations and training engaging, and is used in over 200 countries. Follow us to find out how to make learning awesome in your business.
Board Member
Dec 2017
Global logistics has never been easier! FreightHub revolutionizes international freight forwarding by digitizing processes, providing real-time insights and delivering transparency to its customers. FreightHub is a full-service freight forwarder that offers global FCL, LCL and air transportation, and we're driven by technology and supported by a team of experienced logistics specialists.
Board Member
Dec 2017
Forto was founded with the vision to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless and sustainable digital supply chain. Forto platform technologies address the entire process stream, from offer, booking, document administration, tracking and tracing to pro-active exemption processing and analysis, supporting our customers with greater visibility, insight and control. Leading manufacturers and e-commerce brands are among the 2.500 customers using our tech-enabled offerings as part of their supply chain delivery. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, we currently count more than 500 employees with 15 locations across Europe and Asia including offices in Berlin, Milan, Warsaw, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Fortos privacy policy: https://forto.com/en/privacy-policy/ Our imprint: https://forto.com/en/imprint/
Board Member
Jul 2017
Founded in 2015 and built in Europe, Personio is the Intelligent HR Platform championing every side of HRs evolution. As work becomes more complex and HRs role more strategic, most technology still treats HR as one-dimensional. We see it differently. Trusted by over 16,000 customers managing more than 1 million employees globally, Personio is built for everything HR has become. We support organisations of all sizes and industries, but specialise in global companies with between 200 and 5000 employees. We connect Core HR, Talent, and Payroll in one intelligent platform. Our platform eliminates manual work through automation, adapts to multi-entity complexity with flexible workflows, and transforms people data into strategic insights with AI. Personio is built with deep European expertise, and were the only HR platform with native payroll in Germany—Europes most complex market. Plus we offer comprehensive apps to manage the entire employee lifecycle including recruiting, performance, compensation, and feedback. From implementation to everyday support, Personio is your partner from day one. We focus on the real challenges of HR and build with purposeful AI that amplifies the power of HR teams. We help organisations around the world unlock the power of their people.
Board Member
Aug 2014
Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects. Over 75,000 objects are offered in auction every week - each reviewed and selected by one of Catawiki’s hundreds of in-house experts specialised in Art, Design, Jewellery, Fashion, Classic Cars, Collectables and much more. Catawiki is headquartered in Amsterdam with over 750 employees across the world.
Board Member
Apr 2013
Fiverr is a global platform connecting businesses with freelance talent in the simplest way possible.
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2018
Board Member
Jan 2018
Kahoot! transforms presentations and training with engagement. With Kahoot!, you can create and host games in a live session, or assign self-paced games for remote training. It is used by executives, HR, L&D professionals, sales teams, and more for training, compliance, presentations and events, to connect and engage the audience. As well as energizing and exciting an audience, Kahoot! is a powerful formative assessment tool which helps trainers achieve better learning outcomes. The data presented during the game, and reports made available after the game, help provide targeted instruction. The magic of Kahoot! is how it makes players learn without even realizing it! High engagement quizzes increase knowledge retention and provide a better return on training investment. Kahoot! is trusted by 97% of Fortune 500 companies in making their presentations and training engaging, and is used in over 200 countries. Follow us to find out how to make learning awesome in your business.
2017
Board Member
Dec 2017
Global logistics has never been easier! FreightHub revolutionizes international freight forwarding by digitizing processes, providing real-time insights and delivering transparency to its customers. FreightHub is a full-service freight forwarder that offers global FCL, LCL and air transportation, and we're driven by technology and supported by a team of experienced logistics specialists.
Board Member
Dec 2017
Forto was founded with the vision to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless and sustainable digital supply chain. Forto platform technologies address the entire process stream, from offer, booking, document administration, tracking and tracing to pro-active exemption processing and analysis, supporting our customers with greater visibility, insight and control. Leading manufacturers and e-commerce brands are among the 2.500 customers using our tech-enabled offerings as part of their supply chain delivery. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, we currently count more than 500 employees with 15 locations across Europe and Asia including offices in Berlin, Milan, Warsaw, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Fortos privacy policy: https://forto.com/en/privacy-policy/ Our imprint: https://forto.com/en/imprint/
Board Member
Jul 2017
Founded in 2015 and built in Europe, Personio is the Intelligent HR Platform championing every side of HRs evolution. As work becomes more complex and HRs role more strategic, most technology still treats HR as one-dimensional. We see it differently. Trusted by over 16,000 customers managing more than 1 million employees globally, Personio is built for everything HR has become. We support organisations of all sizes and industries, but specialise in global companies with between 200 and 5000 employees. We connect Core HR, Talent, and Payroll in one intelligent platform. Our platform eliminates manual work through automation, adapts to multi-entity complexity with flexible workflows, and transforms people data into strategic insights with AI. Personio is built with deep European expertise, and were the only HR platform with native payroll in Germany—Europes most complex market. Plus we offer comprehensive apps to manage the entire employee lifecycle including recruiting, performance, compensation, and feedback. From implementation to everyday support, Personio is your partner from day one. We focus on the real challenges of HR and build with purposeful AI that amplifies the power of HR teams. We help organisations around the world unlock the power of their people.
2016
Partner
Mar 2016
Northzone is a technology investment partnership. With two decades of experience, we have been chosen by some of the best entrepreneurs as their long-term partner for growth. With offices across the Nordics, London and in New York, we work around the clock to connect our companies with customers, business partners and key talent on a truly international scale. As former entrepreneurs ourselves, we have been sat on both sides of the table, and place the relationships with our Founders at the core of our business.
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